Category Archives: World
German foreign minister urges direct talks with North Korea
BERLIN - Germany’s foreign minister is calling for direct talks with North Korea in the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Officials in Germany, which holds an electio...
Sep 18, 2017

UK police quiz 2 ex-foster children over London subway bomb
LONDON - The two suspects detained over last week’s London subway bombing are an 18-year-old refugee from Iraq and a 21-year old from Syria, both of whom were fostered by a British couple, accor...
Sep 18, 2017
Fierce storms haven't slowed growth along US coastlines
Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new Associated Press analysis shows. The latest punishing hurricanes scored bu...
Sep 18, 2017
Trump hypes mock video of golf ball striking Clinton
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still taking potshots at Hillary Clinton, in the latest sign that his campaign fury hasn’t faded. On Sunday he retweeted a mock video that shows him smacki...
Sep 18, 2017
Voting peaceful in previously troubled southern Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tens of thousands of people voted peacefully Monday in a previously troubled southern Nepal province where ethnic violence demanding constitution changes had led to dozens of deaths...
Sep 18, 2017
Authorities: 13-month-old girl run over by tractor, dies
LADY’S ISLAND, S.C. - A 13-month-old girl has died after authorities say she was run over by a tractor in South Carolina. The Island Packet reports the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office say...
Sep 18, 2017
Police report arrests in 3rd night of demonstrations
St. Louis police made several arrests and one officer was injured Sunday night after an afternoon of nonviolent protest over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting deat...
Sep 17, 2017
Bangladesh restricts Rohingya refugees, starts immunization
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Bangladeshi authorities are taking steps to restrict the movement of Muslim Rohingya refugees living in crowded border camps after fleeing violence in Myanmar, whose mi...
Sep 17, 2017

Hurricane Maria batters Dominica as a Category 5 storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the small island of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday night, and forecasters ...
Sep 17, 2017
Trump's childhood home becomes showcase for refugees
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend - refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the...
Sep 17, 2017